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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (disambiguation)">IWGP Heavyweight Championship (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">IWGP Heavyweight Championship</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship.PNG/260px-IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship.PNG" decoding="async" width="260" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="190" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt (2008 – 2021)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Promotion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date established</th><td class="infobox-data">June 12, 1987</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date retired</th><td class="infobox-data">March 4, 2021</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ddd">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">First champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Final champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Most reigns</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> (<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Title_history">8 reigns</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Longest reign</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> (4th reign) (<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Title_history">720 days</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Shortest reign</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> (4th reign) (<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Title_history">16 days</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Oldest champion</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a> (49 years, 10 months and 8 days)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding: 4px 4px 0 0; white-space: nowrap">Youngest champion</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-top: 4px"><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> (23 years, 9 months and 15 days)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> The IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IWGPヘビー級王座, IWGP hebī-kyū ōza) was a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)">world heavyweight championship</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> owned by the <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW) <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promotion</a>. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri).<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The title was introduced on June 12, 1987, in the final of an <a href="/wiki/G1_Climax#1987" title="G1 Climax">IWGP tournament</a>. It was unified with the <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a> on March 4, 2021, to form the new <a href="/wiki/IWGP_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP World Heavyweight Championship">IWGP World Heavyweight Championship</a>. The championship was represented by four different belts from 1987 to 2021. The fourth and last generation belt was introduced in March 2008.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The title formed what was unofficially called the "New Japan <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)" title="Triple Crown (professional wrestling)">Triple Crown</a>" (新日本トリプルクラウン, Shin Nihon Toripuru Kuraun) along with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the <a href="/wiki/NEVER_Openweight_Championship" title="NEVER Openweight Championship">NEVER Openweight Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title_history">Title history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Title history">edit</a>]</div> An <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version)">early version of this championship</a> was introduced in 1983 for the winner (<a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/G1_Climax#1983" title="G1 Climax">IWGP League 1983</a>. Since then, the championship was defended annually against the winner of the IWGP League of the year. A new IWGP Heavyweight Championship arrived only in 1987, replacing the old version.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The 1987 version was defended regularly and was the top championship of NJPW until the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/IWGP_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP World Heavyweight Championship">IWGP World Heavyweight Championship</a> in 2021. Throughout the history of the championship, several wrestlers were forced to relinquish the title due to an inability to participate in title defenses. When a wrestler had been injured or unable to compete for other reasons, tournaments were held to determine the new champion.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> was stripped of the title for refusing to defend it, claiming he was owed money by NJPW. The company went on to crown a new champion, while Lesnar kept the physical belt.<a href="#cite_note-LesnarAngle-10">[10]</a> He signed with <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Inoki_Genome_Federation" title="Inoki Genome Federation">Inoki Genome Federation</a> (IGF) in 2007, and lost the <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">championship</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a> on the promotion's inaugural event.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Angle later lost the belt in a unification match to the NJPW-recognized champion <a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> in 2008. On January 5, 2020, Tetsuya Naito won the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships. Both titles kept their individual history, but were defended at the same time. Sometimes, they were called "Double Championship".<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> One year after Naito's victory, Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi announced the unification of both titles, deactivating the Intercontinental title and forming the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> On March 4, 2021, the Double Champion Kota Ibushi defeated El Desperado to unify and retire both titles. On October 21, 2021, after winning the <a href="/wiki/G1_Climax_31" title="G1 Climax 31">G1 Climax</a>, winner <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> asked for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt to be awarded to him for winning the G1 instead of the typical briefcase and contract for an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at <a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_16" title="Wrestle Kingdom 16">Wrestle Kingdom 16</a>. On October 25 at Road to Power Struggle, Okada's request was approved and he appeared with the championship; despite holding the championship belt, Okada was not recognized as the official IWGP Heavyweight Champion and the belt is still considered deactivated. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reigns">Reigns</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reigns">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG/160px-Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG/240px-Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG/320px-Kota_Ibushi_Aug_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Final champion <a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></figcaption></figure> There were seventy three reigns shared among thirty-one wrestlers with ten <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#vacant" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">vacancies</a>. Title changes happen at NJPW-promoted events. <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salman_Hashimikov" title="Salman Hashimikov">Salman Hashimikov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sapp" title="Bob Sapp">Bob Sapp</a>, Brock Lesnar, <a href="/wiki/A.J._Styles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Styles">A.J. Styles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a> were the eight non-Japanese wrestlers (billed as gaijin) to have held the title, with Vader being the first American champion, Hashimikov being the only Soviet-born champion,<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Omega is the only Canadian champion and White the only New Zealand champion. Antonio Inoki was the first champion in the title's history. <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> held the record for most reigns with eight. <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> held the record for the longest reign in the title's history at 720 days during his fourth reign, over which he successfully defended the title 12 times, more defenses than any other title holder. <a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a>'s fourth reign of 16 days is the shortest in the title's history. Over his five reigns, Okada successfully defended the title 30 times, the most of any champion. Big Van Vader's first and third reigns, Salman Hashimikov's only reign, <a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a>'s first reign, <a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a>'s third and fifth reigns, <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a>'s only reign, <a href="/wiki/Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a>'s only reign, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a>'s second reign, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a>'s first and third reigns, Kensuke Sasaki's fourth reign, <a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a>'s third reign, <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a>'s only reign, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a>'s eighth reign, and <a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a>'s 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</td> <td>325</td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Inoki defeated <a href="/wiki/Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a> in a <a href="/wiki/G1_Climax#1987" title="G1 Climax">tournament</a> final. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="1.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>May 2, 1988 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Vacated due to Inoki <a href="/wiki/Bone_fracture" title="Bone fracture">fracturing</a> his left foot. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>May 8, 1988 </td> <td>Super Fight Series 1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>19</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Fujinami defeated <a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="2.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>May 27, 1988 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title held up after defense against <a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a> ended in a no contest. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>June 24, 1988 </td> <td>IWGP Champion Series 1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>285</td> <td>7 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Fujinami defeated Riki Choshu to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="3.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>April 5, 1989 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Vacated so the title could be decided in a tournament. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> </td> <td>April 24, 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_Satellite_in_Tokyo_Dome" title="Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome">Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>31</td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Vader defeated <a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> in a tournament final to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Salman_Hashimikov" title="Salman Hashimikov">Salman Hashimikov</a> </td> <td>May 25, 1989 </td> <td>Battle Satellite 1989 in Osaka Dome </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>48</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0525-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a> </td> <td>July 12, 1989 </td> <td>Summer Fight Series 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>29</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0712-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> </td> <td>August 10, 1989 </td> <td>Fighting Satellite of 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>374</td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a> </td> <td>August 19, 1990 </td> <td>Summer Night Fever II </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>129</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>December 26, 1990 </td> <td>King of Kings </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>22</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> </td> <td>January 17, 1991 </td> <td>New Year Dash 1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>46</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>March 4, 1991 </td> <td>Big Fight Series 1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>306</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0304-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a> </td> <td>January 4, 1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WCW/New_Japan_Supershow_II" title="WCW/New Japan Supershow II">Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>225</td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Choshu's <a href="/wiki/Greatest_18_Club_Championship" title="Greatest 18 Club Championship">Greatest 18 Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">The Great Muta</a> </td> <td>August 16, 1992 </td> <td>G1 Climax Special 1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>400</td> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Choshu's <a href="/wiki/Greatest_18_Club_Championship" title="Greatest 18 Club Championship">Greatest 18 Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">14 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> </td> <td>September 20, 1993 </td> <td>G1 Climax Special 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>196</td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0920-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>April 4, 1994 </td> <td>Battle Line Kyushu </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima, Japan</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>27</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">16 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> </td> <td>May 1, 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Dontaku#1994" title="Wrestling Dontaku">Wrestling Dontaku 1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>367</td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">17 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh</a> </td> <td>May 3, 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Dontaku#1995" title="Wrestling Dontaku">Wrestling Dontaku 1995</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>246</td> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Mutoh previously won the title as The Great Muta. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0503-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Takada" title="Nobuhiko Takada">Nobuhiko Takada</a> </td> <td>January 4, 1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_4_Dome_Show#Wrestling_World_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4 Dome Show">Wrestling World 1996</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>116</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">19 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> </td> <td>April 29, 1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_Formation_(1996)" title="Battle Formation (1996)">Battle Formation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>489</td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> </td> <td>August 31, 1997 </td> <td>Final Power Hall in Yokohama </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>216</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">21 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>April 4, 1998 </td> <td>Antonio Inoki Retirement Show </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>126</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">22 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a> </td> <td>August 8, 1998 </td> <td>Rising the Next Generation in Osaka Dome </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>44</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="22.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>September 21, 1998 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title was vacated due to Chono's neck injury. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">23 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a> </td> <td>September 23, 1998 </td> <td>Big Wednesday </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>103</td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Norton defeated <a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a> to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">24 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh</a> </td> <td>January 4, 1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_4_Dome_Show#Wrestling_World_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4 Dome Show">Wrestling World 1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>340</td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">25 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a> </td> <td>December 10, 1999 </td> <td>Battle Final 1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>25</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-ten1-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">26 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_4_Dome_Show#Wrestling_World_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4 Dome Show">Wrestling World 2000</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>279</td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="26.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>October 9, 2000 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Vacated after Sasaki lost a non-title match to <a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a> at <a href="/wiki/NJPW_Do_Judge!!" title="NJPW Do Judge!!">Do Judge!!</a>. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">27 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_4_Dome_Show#Wrestling_World_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4 Dome Show">Wrestling World 2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>72</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Sasaki defeated <a href="/wiki/Toshiaki_Kawada" title="Toshiaki Kawada">Toshiaki Kawada</a> in a tournament final to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">28 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a> </td> <td>March 17, 2001 </td> <td>Hyper Battle 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>23</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">29 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a> </td> <td>April 9, 2001 </td> <td>Strong Style 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>270</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="29.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2002 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Fujita vacated the title due to an injured <a href="/wiki/Achilles_tendon" title="Achilles tendon">achilles tendon</a>. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">30 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tadao_Yasuda" title="Tadao Yasuda">Tadao Yasuda</a> </td> <td>February 16, 2002 </td> <td>Fighting Spirit 2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>48</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Yasuda defeated Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0216-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">31 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a> </td> <td>April 5, 2002 </td> <td>Toukon Special </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>392</td> <td>10 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">32 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Takayama" title="Yoshihiro Takayama">Yoshihiro Takayama</a> </td> <td>May 2, 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NJPW_Ultimate_Crush" title="NJPW Ultimate Crush">Ultimate Crush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>185</td> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Takayama's <a href="/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWF Heavyweight Championship">NWF Heavyweight Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-PowerSlam109-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">33 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> </td> <td>November 3, 2003 </td> <td>Yokohama Dead Out </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>36</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">34 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> </td> <td>December 9, 2003 </td> <td>Battle Final 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>58</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Nakamura defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to <a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unify</a> the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with the <a href="/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWF Heavyweight Championship">NWF Heavyweight Championship</a> on January 4, 2004, at <a href="/wiki/January_4_Dome_Show#Wrestling_World_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4 Dome Show">Wrestling World 2004</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="34.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>February 5, 2004 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title was vacated due to Nakamura suffering various injuries. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">35 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> </td> <td>February 15, 2004 </td> <td>Fighting Spirit 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>26</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Tenzan defeated Genichiro Tenryu in a tournament final for the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0215-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> </td> <td>March 12, 2004 </td> <td>Hyper Battle 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>16</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">37 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sapp" title="Bob Sapp">Bob Sapp</a> </td> <td>March 28, 2004 </td> <td>King of Sports </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>66</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="37.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>June 2, 2004 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title vacated after Sapp lost a <a href="/wiki/K-1" title="K-1">K-1</a> fight to <a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a>. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">38 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a> </td> <td>June 5, 2004 </td> <td>The Crush II </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>126</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Fujita defeated <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">39 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> </td> <td>October 9, 2004 </td> <td>Pro-Wrestlers Be Strongest </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>64</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">40 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> </td> <td>December 12, 2004 </td> <td>Battle Final 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>70</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">41 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a> </td> <td>February 20, 2005 </td> <td>New Year Gold Series </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>83</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Kojima's <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_Heavyweight_Championship" title="Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship">Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">42 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> </td> <td>May 14, 2005 </td> <td>Nexess VI </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>65</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">43 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a> </td> <td>July 18, 2005 </td> <td>Summer Fight Series 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>82</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">44 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> </td> <td>October 8, 2005 </td> <td>Toukon Souzou New Chapter </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>280</td> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This was a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Basic_non-elimination_matches" title="Professional wrestling match types">three-way match</a>, also involving <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="44.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>July 15, 2006 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title was vacated due to Lesnar refusing to return and defend it. Lesnar kept the physical championship belt, and later was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Inoki_Genome_Federation" title="Inoki Genome Federation">Inoki Genome Federation</a> as their first champion, using the same belt. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-LesnarAngle-10">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">45 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>July 17, 2006 </td> <td>Circuit2006 Turbulence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>270</td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Tanahashi defeated <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bloom" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bloom">Giant Bernard</a> in a tournament final for the title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-F4W0717-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">46 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a> </td> <td>April 13, 2007 </td> <td>Circuit2007 New Japan Brave tour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>178</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>October 8, 2007 </td> <td>Explosion '07 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>88</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-explosion07-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">48 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_II_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>114</td> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Nakamura defeated <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a> on February 17, 2008, on the Circuit2008 New Japan Ism tour to <a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">unify</a> the NJPW and <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">IGF</a> versions of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">49 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh</a> </td> <td>April 27, 2008 </td> <td>Circuit2008 New Japan Brave tour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>252</td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">50 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_III_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>122</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">51 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a> </td> <td>May 6, 2009 </td> <td>Dissidence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>45</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">52 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>June 20, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_6.20" title="Dominion 6.20">Dominion 6.20</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>58</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="52.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Vacant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacant (professional wrestling)">Vacated</a> </td> <td>August 17, 2009 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Title vacated due to Tanahashi fracturing his eye socket. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">53 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> </td> <td>September 27, 2009 </td> <td>Circuit2009 New Japan Generation tour </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>218</td> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Nakamura defeated <a href="/wiki/Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a> to win the vacant title. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">54 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a> </td> <td>May 3, 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Dontaku_2010" title="Wrestling Dontaku 2010">Wrestling Dontaku 2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>161</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">55 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a> </td> <td>October 11, 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Destruction_%2710" title="Destruction '10">Destruction '10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>85</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">56 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_V_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>404</td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">57 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>February 12, 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_New_Beginning_(2012)" title="The New Beginning (2012)">The New Beginning</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>125</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">58 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>June 16, 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_6.16" title="Dominion 6.16">Dominion 6.16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>295</td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">59 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>April 7, 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Invasion_Attack_(2013)" title="Invasion Attack (2013)">Invasion Attack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>391</td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">60 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/A.J._Styles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Styles">A.J. Styles</a> </td> <td>May 3, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Dontaku_2014" title="Wrestling Dontaku 2014">Wrestling Dontaku 2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>163</td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">61 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>October 13, 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_of_Pro-Wrestling_(2014)" title="King of Pro-Wrestling (2014)">King of Pro-Wrestling</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>121</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">62 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/A.J._Styles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Styles">A.J. Styles</a> </td> <td>February 11, 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_New_Beginning_in_Osaka_(2015)" title="The New Beginning in Osaka (2015)">The New Beginning in Osaka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>144</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">63 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>July 5, 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_7.5_in_Osaka-jo_Hall" title="Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall">Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>280</td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">64 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> </td> <td>April 10, 2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Invasion_Attack_2016" title="Invasion Attack 2016">Invasion Attack 2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>70</td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">65 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>June 19, 2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_6.19_in_Osaka-jo_Hall" title="Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall">Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>720</td> <td>12 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">66 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> </td> <td>June 9, 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_6.9_in_Osaka-jo_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall">Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>209</td> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This was a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Series_variations" title="Professional wrestling match types">no time limit two out of three falls match</a> in which Omega won 2–1. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">67 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_13_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>38</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">68 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a> </td> <td>February 11, 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_New_Beginning_in_Osaka_(2019)" title="The New Beginning in Osaka (2019)">The New Beginning in Osaka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Osaka, Japan">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>54</td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">69 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>April 6, 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G1_Supercard" title="G1 Supercard">G1 Supercard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City, U.S.</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>274</td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">70 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> </td> <td>January 5, 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_14_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome</a> Night 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>189</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Naito's <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">71 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Evil_(wrestler)" title="Evil (wrestler)">Evil</a> </td> <td>July 12, 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_in_Osaka-jo_Hall_(2020)" title="Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall (2020)">Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Osaka, Japan">Osaka, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>48</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Naito's <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">72 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> </td> <td>August 29, 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Summer_Struggle_in_Jingu" title="Summer Struggle in Jingu">Summer Struggle in Jingu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>128</td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Evil's <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">73 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a> </td> <td>January 4, 2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_15_in_Tokyo_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome">Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome</a> Night 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>59</td> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">This match was also for Naito's <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#e3e3e3"> <td data-sort-value="72.5">— </td> <td data-sort-value="—"><a href="/wiki/Championship_unification" title="Championship unification">Unified</a> </td> <td>March 4, 2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NJPW_49th_Anniversary_Show" title="NJPW 49th Anniversary Show">Anniversary Event</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:left;font-size:85%">Unified with the <a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental Championship</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/IWGP_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP World Heavyweight Championship">IWGP World Heavyweight Championship</a>. </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combined_reigns">Combined reigns</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Combined reigns">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg/170px-%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg/255px-%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg/340px-%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="821" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption>Five-time champion <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> holds the records for longest reign at 720 days, longest combined reign at 1,790 days, most defenses in one reign at 12, and most combined defenses at 30.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Hiroshi Tanahashi posing with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt in front of a crowd." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG/170px-Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG/255px-Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG/340px-Hiroshi_tanahashi_NJPW.JPG 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Record eight-time champion <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Wrestler </th> <th>No. of reigns </th> <th>Combined defenses </th> <th>Combined days </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>1,790 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>1,396 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>1,238 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>1,052 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>785 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>647 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>570 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>478 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>451 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>390 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>387 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>383 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>325 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/A.J._Styles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Styles">A.J. Styles</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>307 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>280 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>209 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>197 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Takayama" title="Yoshihiro Takayama">Yoshihiro Takayama</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>185 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>168 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>161 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott 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Fujinami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salman_Hashimikov" title="Salman Hashimikov">Salman Hashimikov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Riki_Choshu" title="Riki Choshu">Riki Choshu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta/Keiji Muto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Takada" title="Nobuhiko Takada">Nobuhiko Takada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro 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Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sapp" title="Bob Sapp">Bob Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">A.J. Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evil_(wrestler)" title="Evil (wrestler)">Evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><div id="Other_recognized_champions" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other recognized champions</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version)">Original champions</a> recognized by <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">Champions</a> recognized by <a href="/wiki/Inoki_Genome_Federation" title="Inoki Genome Federation">Inoki Genome Federation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_champions_in_New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling">Active</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Heavyweight</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP World Heavyweight Championship">IWGP World Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_World_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP World Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Global_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship">IWGP Global Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Global_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Tag_Team_Championship" title="IWGP Tag Team Championship">IWGP Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_IWGP_Tag_Team_Champions#Title_history" title="List of IWGP Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Junior Heavyweight</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship">IWGP Junior Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Tag_Team_Championship" title="IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship">IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Tag_Team_Champions#Title_history" title="List of IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Openweight</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NEVER_Openweight_Championship" title="NEVER Openweight Championship">NEVER Openweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NEVER_Openweight_Champions#Title_history" title="List of NEVER Openweight Champions">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NJPW_World_Television_Championship" title="NJPW World Television Championship">NJPW World Television</a> (<a href="/wiki/NJPW_World_Television_Championship#Reigns" title="NJPW World Television Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strong_Openweight_Championship" title="Strong Openweight Championship">Strong Openweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/Strong_Openweight_Championship#Title_history" title="Strong Openweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOPW_(professional_wrestling_championship)" title="KOPW (professional wrestling championship)">KOPW</a> (<a href="/wiki/KOPW_(professional_wrestling_championship)#Reigns" title="KOPW (professional wrestling championship)">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strong_Openweight_Tag_Team_Championship" title="Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship">Strong Openweight Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Strong_Openweight_Tag_Team_Championship#Reigns" title="Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEVER_Openweight_6-Man_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship">NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NEVER_Openweight_6-Man_Tag_Team_Champions#Title_history" title="List of NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Women%27s_Championship" title="IWGP Women's Championship">IWGP Women's Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Women%27s_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP Women's Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strong_Women%27s_Championship" title="Strong Women's Championship">Strong Women's Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/Strong_Women%27s_Championship#Reigns" title="Strong Women's Championship">reigns</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling#Defunct" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">Former</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Heavyweight_Championship" title="Asia Heavyweight Championship">Asia Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/Asia_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="Asia Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Tag_Team_Championship" title="Asia Tag Team Championship">Asia Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Asia_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="Asia Tag Team Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_18_Club_Championship" title="Greatest 18 Club Championship">Greatest 18 Club</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greatest_18_Club_Championship#Reigns" title="Greatest 18 Club Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">IWGP Heavyweight</a> (<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Reigns">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version)">IWGP Heavyweight (original version)</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)#Reigns" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version)">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">IWGP Intercontinental</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Intercontinental_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP Intercontinental Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">IWGP Third Belt</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)#Reigns" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_U-30_Openweight_Championship" title="IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship">IWGP U-30 Openweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_U-30_Openweight_Championship#Title_history" title="IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWGP_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship">IWGP United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/IWGP_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-Crown" title="J-Crown">J-Crown</a> (<a href="/wiki/J-Crown#Title_history" title="J-Crown">reigns</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship">British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Junior Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Welterweight_Championship" title="NWA World Welterweight Championship">NWA World Welterweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UWA_World_Junior_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship">UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenryu_Project_International_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship">WAR International Junior Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWA_World_Junior_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship">WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF Light Heavyweight Championship">WWF Light Heavyweight</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_International_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship">NWA International Junior Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/NWA_International_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_North_American_Tag_Team_Championship_(Los_Angeles/Japan_version)" title="NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)">NWA North American Tag Team (Los Angeles/Japan version)</a> (<a href="/wiki/NWA_North_American_Tag_Team_Championship_(Los_Angeles/Japan_version)#Title_history" title="NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Worlds_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NWA_World_Heavyweight_Champions#Reigns" title="List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship">NWA World Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_NWA_World_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of NWA World Tag Team Champions">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWF Heavyweight Championship">NWF Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/NWF_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="NWF Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWF North American Heavyweight Championship">NWF North American</a> (<a href="/wiki/NWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="NWF North American Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_World_Championship" title="Real World Championship">Real World</a> (<a href="/wiki/Real_World_Championship#Title_history" title="Real World Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WCW International World Heavyweight Championship">WCW International World Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship#Reigns" title="WCW International World Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF International Heavyweight Championship">WWF International Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF International Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWF International Tag Team Championship">WWF International Tag Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWF_International_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF International Tag Team Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship">WWF Junior Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWF_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Championship">WWF North American Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWF_North_American_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF North American Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWF World Heavyweight</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_Champions" title="List of WWE Champions">reigns</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWF_World_Martial_Arts_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship">WWF World Martial Arts</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWF_World_Martial_Arts_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship">reigns</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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(<a href="/wiki/Young_Lion_Cup#Winners" title="Young Lion Cup">winners</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;;width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_(video_game)" title="Wrestle Kingdom (video game)">Wrestle Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrestle_Kingdom_2" title="Wrestle Kingdom 2">Wrestle Kingdom 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_Pro_Wrestling_World" title="Fire Pro Wrestling World">Fire Pro Wrestling World</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;;width:1%">Partnerships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Inc.</a> (5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushiroad" title="Bushiroad">Bushiroad</a> (85%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Asahi" title="TV Asahi">TV Asahi</a> (10%)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Subsidiaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">World Wonder Ring Stardom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling_personnel" title="List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel">List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling_personnel" title="List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel">List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling 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